Courtney Worcester and Roger Lane discuss the ethical quandaries caused by attorney whistleblowers, including a discussion of the issues currently in the headlines in the recent suit involving the Vanguard Group, Inc. Rule 1.6 of the Professional Rule of Professional Conduct, among others, will be discussed.

In this session of the ongoing trial skills series, Tom Jackson and Mike Ginsberg, Jones Day, take a deep dive into a variety of tips and techniques to take an attorney’s opening statement to the next level, including methods of organization of the statement.

Taking the “Shhh” out of Trade Secrets: What Counsel Should Know about Protecting the “Secret Sauce” (2440)Live web cast: September 16, 2014 (12:00 noon ET)

With the emergence of a worldwide economy, globalization, development of information networks capable of rapidly moving sensitive data, and the increased focus on new technology as a business driver, a company’s legal advisors must now play critical roles in identifying and securing its trade secrets. Aaron Tantleff and Christopher Ward, Foley & Lardner LLP, discuss what makes trade secret issues so complicated from a legal perspective and how federal legislators are beginning to understand how critical trade secret protection has become and what the future potentially holds for trade secret law in the United States.

Roger Lane, Courtney Worcester, and Michael Thompson review the hot button issues from this year’s proxy season, including say-on-pay votes, shareholder activism and more. Also to be discussed are the recent trends and how they can be used by counsel to prepare for the 2015 proxy season.

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